The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection

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Summary: Truffaut brings out a brilliant cinematic experience...
Review: Antoine Doinel lives in a family where the parents are preoccupied with their own existence and therefore parental supervision is lacking. In school Antoine is frequently reprimanded as he does not see the importance of school and at home there is an absence of encouragement to perform well in school. As a consequence, Antoine skips school, steals, and attempts to find his niche in life outside the world where he does not fit in. 400 Blows is arguably one of the best films of the French New Wave Cinema as it tells a realistic story of a child's needs and wants in a social structure created by the children in the absence of adults. Under the direction of François Truffaut, the cast brings out the best in themselves as actors as Truffaut brings a heartbreaking narrative to the audience, which will continue to baffle people of the world for many years to come.